Nosey vs. Nose — What's the Difference?

Variant of nosy.

A nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which receive and expel air for respiration alongside the mouth. Behind the nose are the olfactory mucosa and the sinuses.

Alternative spelling of nosy

The part projecting above the mouth on the face of a person or animal, containing the nostrils and used for breathing and smelling

Alternative spelling of nosy

The front end of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle

Alternative spelling of nosy

An act of looking around or prying

Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosy; as, a nosy neighbor.

(of an animal) thrust its nose against or into something

Offensively curious or inquisitive;

Look around or pry into something

(of a vehicle) move cautiously forward

The part of the human face or the forward part of the head of other vertebrates that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract.

The sense of smell

The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell

The characteristic smell of a wine or liqueur; bouquet.

(Informal) The nose considered as a symbol of prying

Something, such as the forward end of an aircraft, rocket, or submarine, that resembles a nose in shape or position.

A very short distance or narrow margin

To find out by or as if by smell

To touch with the nose; nuzzle.

To move, push, or make with or as if with the nose.

To advance the forward part of cautiously

To smell or sniff.

(Informal) To search or inquire meddlesomely; snoop or pry

To advance with caution

A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.

A snout, the nose of an animal.

The tip of an object.

The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.

(horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.

A perfumer.

The power of smelling.

Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.

The skill in recognising bouquet.

(by extension) Skill at finding information.

(architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.

(slang) An informer.

(intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.

(intransitive) To snoop.

(transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.

(transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.

(transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.

(transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.

(transitive) To furnish with a nose.

(transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.

The power of smelling; hence, scent.

A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.

To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.

To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.

To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.

To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet.

To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread.

To examine with the nose or sense of smell.

To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the station;

To beat by (the length of) a nose.

To push or move with the nose or front forward.

To smell; to sniff; to scent.

To pry officiously into what does not concern one; to nose around.

The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals;

A front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft);

The front or forward projection of a tool or weapon;

A small distance;

The sense of smell (especially in animals);

A natural skill;

A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

Search or inquire in a meddlesome way;

Advance the forward part of with caution;

Catch the scent of; get wind of;

Push or move with the nose

Rub noses

Defeat by a narrow margin